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Hardline Hindus push Modi to allow temple on disputed Indian site
Source: Reuters
WORLD NEWS JANUARY 2, 2019 / 10:32 AM / UPDATED AN HOUR AGO
Hardline Hindus push Modi to allow temple on disputed Indian site
Mayank Bhardwaj
2 MIN READ
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Hindu nationalists linked to Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s ruling party urged him on Wednesday to push through laws to allow the building of a temple on the ruins of a 16th century mosque, a flashpoint in tensions with minority Muslims.
A long-running dispute over the site in the northern town of Ayodhya has flared back into life in recent months in the build-up to national elections due before May.
The Supreme Court is weighing petitions from both communities on what should be built there and Modi told Reuters partner ANI on Tuesday that the judicial process should take its course.
A day later, Alok Kumar, the international working president of Vishva Hindu Parishad, responded: “The Supreme Court is taking its own sweet time and Hindus can’t wait endlessly to see a temple there.”
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Hardline Hindus push Modi to allow temple on disputed Indian site
Mayank Bhardwaj
2 MIN READ
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Hindu nationalists linked to Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s ruling party urged him on Wednesday to push through laws to allow the building of a temple on the ruins of a 16th century mosque, a flashpoint in tensions with minority Muslims.
A long-running dispute over the site in the northern town of Ayodhya has flared back into life in recent months in the build-up to national elections due before May.
The Supreme Court is weighing petitions from both communities on what should be built there and Modi told Reuters partner ANI on Tuesday that the judicial process should take its course.
A day later, Alok Kumar, the international working president of Vishva Hindu Parishad, responded: “The Supreme Court is taking its own sweet time and Hindus can’t wait endlessly to see a temple there.”
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Read more: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-india-election-religion/hardline-hindus-push-modi-to-allow-temple-on-disputed-indian-site-idUSKCN1OW15Y